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A short reminder regarding decorum
by Nicholas Sarwark 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Dear All, I expect that members of the Libertarian National Committee will disagree with each other with respect. I expect that after the Libertarian National Committee comes to a decision on an issue, be it the purchase of an office or the choice to make a goal a certain number of candidates running for public office, that every member of the committee will either support the goal or at least stop trying to publicly fight against it after they've lost. I expect that every member of the Libertarian National Committee will be polite and respectful to the rest of the members and to the national office staff. If anyone is unwilling or unable to meet these expectations, I will happily accept your resignation from the Libertarian National Committee and wish you the best of luck in whatever future endeavors you choose. Yours in liberty, Nicholas J. Sarwark Chair, Libertarian National Committee

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goals adopted today
by Alicia Mattson 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

I've had two region reps request that I provide copies of the 6 goals the LNC adopted today. They are (in descending order of support level): 1. 1000 candidates in 2016 2. Take action to see that each state has operational affiliate by June 1, 2015 3. 300 candidates by 2016 trained in Who’s Driving 4. Updated issue-based outreach literature this term 5. 38-state party-status ballot access as of Dec 1, 2016 6. 200 elected Libertarian officials in Dec 2016 Alicia Mattson LNC Secretary

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Fwd: Fw: CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN!
by William Redpath 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

>From Oliver Hall re: PA ballot access. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Redpath <wredpath(a)biakelsey.com> Date: Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM Subject: Fw: CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN! To: "wredpath2(a)gmail.com" ------------------------------ *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org < oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 10:10 AM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* Re: CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN! Folks: A couple of updates and comments to follow up on Friday’s big win. First, I’m going to be on WESA 90.5’s Essential Pittsburgh today at noon: http://wesa.fm/programs/905-wesas-essential-pittsburgh; and on WHYY Philadelphia’s Radio Times Thursday at 10 AM: http://whyy.org/cms/radiotimes/. I’m going to press for Sen. Folmer’s Voter Choice Act, as well as another easy legislative fix that would completely eliminate the system of private parties challenging nomination papers under Section 2937. In brief, the Secretary of State should be required to validate nomination papers, instead of private parties. This could be accomplished by changing only one word of existing law. I’m also going to call for the law firms holding the judgments against Carl Romanelli and Ralph Nader to relinquish any claim they have against these candidates. Second, did everyone see all the good press we already got on this? - Philadelphia Inquirer: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/318520501.html - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2015/07/24/Federal-judge-ru… - AP (this ran nationally): http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Minor-parties-get-court-win-in-ballot-ac… - WHYY (Philly) (this includes a radio spot featuring GPPA’s Carl Romanelli): http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/off-mic/84577-court-pa-unfair-to-3… Finally, regarding Judge Stengel’s decision itself, several questions have been raised about what it means and what happens next. Here is my reading. Section 2911(b) (imposing the 2% signature requirement) and Section 2937 (authorizing private party nomination paper challenges and the imposition of costs against defending candidates) are unconstitutional as applied to minor party and independent candidates (or at least those who are plaintiffs or in privity with the plaintiffs in this case). That means these provisions cannot be enforced against CPPA, GPPA and LPPA, or any of their candidates. Judge Stengel did note that he was not declaring the 2% signature requirement, by itself, unconstitutional. Presumably, therefore, Pennsylvania could enact a new 2% signature requirement, and that probably would be upheld, as it was before in *Rogers v. Corbett*, 468 F. 3d 188 (3rd Cir. 2006). Unless and until that happens, however, the Pennsylvania Election Code is silent about what minor parties and independent candidates must do to gain ballot access. What that should mean is that the Secretary of State should place on the ballot any minor party candidate who demonstrates a “modicum” of support. That standard comes from Supreme Court decisions recognizing that states are permitted to require such a showing. But “modicum” means a small amount. So under current law, CPPA, GPPA and LPPA should be able to place their candidates on the ballot in 2016, provided they each demonstrate some modicum or small amount of support among the electorate. I will follow up with opposing counsel and/or the Secretary of State’s office to ensure that we are in agreement about the effect of Judge Stengel’s decision and procedures for 2016. But I think we can be confident that the system of private party challenges is over – at least insofar as it requires defending candidates to provide their own workers and potentially pay their challengers’ costs. I hope that’s clear. And once again, congratulations to all! Oliver *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2015 9:45 AM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* CPPA v. Aichele: WE WIN! Good Morning: Judge Stengel entered the attached opinion this morning. I have not read it except for the part that says, “For the reasons that follow, I find that the statutes are unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiffs but they are facially valid.” What this means is: WE WIN!!! Judgment entered in our favor on Counts I and II of the complaint. The judge held the challenged statutes unconstitutional as applied to the plaintiffs, but denied our Count III claim that Section 2937 is unconstitutional on its face. (We don’t need to win Count III to get the relief we seek.) Congratulations everyone – this is huge. More later. Regards, Oliver Hall Legal Counsel Center for Competitive Democracy 1835 16th Street NW, Suite 5 Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 248-9294 ph. (202) 248-9345 fx. oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:20 AM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* Re: CPPA v. Aichele: MTD and Opposition Folks: A bit of good news for Thanksgiving: Pennsylvania withdrew its motion to dismiss today. As opposing counsel admitted yesterday on the phone, there was “no way” Judge Stengel could grant it anyway. We have the excellent Third Circuit opinion to thank for that. No we will proceed to summary judgment motions in early 2015, after Pennsylvania files an answer to our Amended Complaint. Happy Thanksgiving! Oliver Hall Legal Counsel Center for Competitive Democracy 1835 16th Street NW, Suite 5 Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 248-9294 ph. (202) 248-9345 fx. oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *From:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Sent:* Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:55 PM *To:* oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org *Subject:* CPPA v. Aichele: MTD and Opposition Greetings, Please see attached the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in *Constitution Party of Pennsylvnia v. Aichele*, and our Opposition to the motion, which was filed on Friday. Now we wait to see how Judge Stengel responds. The Third Circuit provided him with all kinds of helpful guidance, if he will only follow it. Thanks, Oliver Hall Legal Counsel Center for Competitive Democracy 1835 16th Street NW, Suite 5 Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 248-9294 ph. (202) 248-9345 fx. oliverhall(a)competitivedemocracy.org

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List of events and dates in 2015
by James Lark 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

Dear Wes: I hope all is well with you. In a separate message I shall send you a Word file containing a list of events and dates that may be helpful to you. As with 2014, I have assembled a list of events and dates in 2015 to which the LP may wish to draw attention. For example, it may be useful for LPHQ to issue press releases and/or state affiliates to conduct outreach efforts on or about some of these dates. I have added supplemental information regarding some of these events/dates. Several of the events are included because I know something about them, or because I suspect they will be of special interest to libertarians. Some events and dates are included at the suggestion (or request) of LP colleagues. Allow me to emphasize that the inclusion of an event does not imply that I believe it is particularly important, or that the LP should commemorate it in some manner. Similarly, the fact that an event is not listed does not imply I believe it is not important or that we should not commemorate it in some manner. Please note that while I endeavored to check the accuracy of the listings, in some cases I did so using sources such as Wikipedia. Thus, if you wish to use information on this list, I strongly suggest that you conduct research to ascertain that the information is indeed correct. (Some of the events sent to me by Libertarian colleagues evidently did not occur on the dates provided.) Please note also that I shall send the Word file to the LNC and the State Chairs' list. I hope my LNC colleagues and the state chairs' list subscribers will review the information and offer suggestions concerning additional events and dates (as well as any corrections that should be made). As always, thanks for your work for liberty. Best wishes to you for a great 2015. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee

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11/14-15 Orlando Meeting Info
by Robert Kraus 28 Dec '15

28 Dec '15

All, Here are the full details of the next LNC Meeting in sunny Orlando Florida What: LNC Budget Meeting and Pre-convention Walk-thru When: Sat Nov 14 9 am – 6 pm and Sun Nov 15 9 am - ? Where: The Rosen Centre Resort and Conference Centre 9840 International Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 http://www.rosencentre.com/ Reserve: Via this link: https://bookings.ihotelier.com/Rosen-Centre/bookings.jsp?hotelID=2018 <https://bookings.ihotelier.com/Rosen-Centre/bookings.jsp?hotelID=2018&group…> &groupID=1478441 Or call (407) 996-9840 and ask for LNC Pre-planning Board Meeting (Group ID 1478441) Rate: $95 per night includes full buffet breakfast, complimentary in room wi-fi, complimentary parking, free shuttle w-in 3 mile radius which includes Sea World and Universal Studios. Note – $10 per extra person (so 2 in a room = $105, 3 in a room = $115, etc.) Directions: http://www.rosencentre.com/location-and-transportation/ (note – shuttle doesn’t pick up at airport) Dining: http://www.rosencentre.com/dining-and-recreation/ Other: Pre-convention walk thru currently planned for 5 pm Fri Nov 13th subject to change depending on sales person / conference center availability over weekend. Please keep eye out on our event page for additional details and possible happy hour or other related events: https://www.lp.org/lnc-budget-meeting-1115 Live Free! Robert Robert S. Kraus - Dir of Operations Operations(a)LP.org Libertarian National Committee, Inc. 1444 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Ph: 202.333.0008 x 231 Join today: https://www.lp.org/membership LP FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/libertarians

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Follow Up Reading For Your Flights Home
by Brett Bittner 28 Dec '15

28 Dec '15

To follow up on my comments regarding the membership model today, please take a look at this case study regarding a "radical" idea to change how we view membership in the Party: http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/scrapping-synagogue-dues-a-case-study/ **This message sent from my phone. Please excuse any typos.

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Word files containing reports
by James Lark 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

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Various reports
by James Lark 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Dear colleagues: I hope all is well with you. In a separate message I shall send you several Word files containing reports for your consideration. Specifically, I shall send you my Region 5, Campus Organizing, and International Representative reports. In addition, I shall send you the report of the Employment Policy and Compensation Committee in my capacity as EPCC chair. Also, I shall send a report concerning the 2016 Awards Committee in my capacity as chair of the 2014 Awards Committee. I hope you find these reports interesting and informative. As always, thanks for your work for liberty. I look forward to seeing you on Saturday. Take care, Jim James W. Lark, III Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society University of Virginia Advisor, The Liberty Coalition University of Virginia Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee Chair, Employment Policy and Compensation Committee LNC Representative, International Alliance of Libertarian Parties

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FW: Saved by Jury Nullification
by Norm Olsen 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

The good folks in Kansas were prominently among the protesters who helped save Kyler Carriker from a long prison term. Check it out: http://kansasexposed.org/2015/07/31/carriker-jury-the-law-is-wrong/ Kudos to the Libertarian Jayhawkers in Wichita. Norm -- Norman T Olsen Regional Representative, Region 1 Libertarian National Committee 7931 South Broadway, PMB 102 Littleton, CO 80122-2710 303-263-4995 From: Steven A. Rosile [mailto:sarasile@att.net] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 11:47 AM To: Steven A. Rosile Subject: Libertarian Party News cLSOCK NEWS, August 24, 2015 LSOCK NEWS, August 24, 2015 Libertarians Of South Central Kansas (LSOCK) meet for Supper and discussion every Tuesday at Cathy's Westway Cafe located at 1215 W. Pawnee in Wichita, Kansas at 5:30 PM. If we have official business to conduct or a featured guest speaker, that will begin at 6:00 PM. All who support personal responsibility and individual liberty are invited to attend. To receive the LSOCK NEWS and LSOCK NEWS Alerts! via email please contact Steven Rosile at sarasile(a)att.net or 316 618-1339. Contact the Libertarian Party of Kansas or LSOCK at: LPKS / LSOCK P.O. Box 2456 Wichita, Kansas 67201 On the Web please go to LPKS.org <http://www.lpks.org/> or to the LSOCK Blog at: <http://www.libertariansofsouthcentralkansas.blogspot.com> www.libertariansofsouthcentralkansas.blogspot.com LSOCK NEWS IN THIS ISSUE: 1. From The Editor 2. Jury Rights Day Celebration 3. State Fair Volunteers Needed Now! 4. My Letter To the Eagle Re Carricker Verdict 5. Jesse Ventura may seek LP Presidential Nomination 1 From The Editor Hello everyone, There is always so much always going on at the end of August - first of September for the Kansas LP and LSOCK. LSOCK members will again be at the Sedgwick County Courthouse on September 1st handing out Jury Rights flyers and the Kansas State Fair begins on the 11th. More on these events are below in #2 and #3. The Eagle actually mentioned jury nullification in an article on July 30 when the Kyler Carricker case was turned over to the jury for their deliberation. Then, the next day, on July 31, the Eagle reported the not guilty verdict on the Felony Murder charge but did not even mention jury nullification and the fact that this was obviously an exercise of that power by the Carricker jury! I recently sent a Letter to the Eagle about their lack of any reporting on the Kyler Carricker acquittal regarding it being a clear example of jury nullification and they actually (surprise) published it last Saturday! You can read it in #4 below. More on this trial and many other interesting articles about politics and government in Kansas can be found at www.kansasexposed.org Check it out! Finally, in what may be a real game changer for the Libertarian Party, Jesse Ventura may be considering seeking the LP nomination for President! More on this in #5 below. This coming election year will be an exciting one for Libertarians. For Liberty, Steven A. Rosile Editor, LSOCK NEWS 2. Jury Rights Celebration September 1st LSOCK will hold a celebration of Jury Rights Tuesday, September 1, from 3:30 to 5:30 PM in front of the Sedgwick County Courthouse. Jury Rights signs to carry and literature to hand out will be provided. Please come and enjoy educating the public to the powers of the jury. For background on this subject visit the Fully Informed Jury Association website at FIJA.org and learn about this important part of our Common Law heritage. Libertarian Party members have been celebrating Jury Right's Day at the Sedgwick County Courthouse around the 5th of September every year beginning in 1996. We also have handed out flyers on Jury Nullification on a weekly then monthly basis for much of that time thanks to the determination and persistence of Kelly Wendeln and Frankie Moore. This couple passed away within a few days of each other in April of 2013 and are sorely missed. I know that they would be very pleased that their efforts have born fruit here in Sedgwick County with the Carricker acquittal 3. State Fair Volunteers Needed Now! Once again, it is time to prepare for the Kansas State Fair .We need volunteers to staff the LPKS Outreach Booth, aka the Politically Homeless Booth, this coming September. Our booth must have at least one (preferably two or more) person(s) manning the booth from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM every day of the Fair. That is from Friday, September 11th through Sunday, 20th. I will be doing the scheduling for this event again this year. The day is split into morning (9 AM to 3 PM) and evening (3 PM to 9 PM) shifts but I can schedule you for anytime through the day that you may have available to volunteer. The LPKS does outreach booths at a variety of festivals around the state but the Kansas State Fair allows us to contact a wide cross section of Kansans from all over the entire state at this one event. If you want to assist us please contact me, Steven Rosile, by replying to this email or sarasile(a)att.net , or calling me at 316 618-1339. 4. My Letter To the Eagle Re Carricker Verdict Letter to the Wichita Eagle as published 08.22.15 Kyler Carricker's trial ended July 30, and there has not been anything in The Eagle regarding the significance of the jury's acquittal on the felony murder count. ("Man found not guilty of murder in marijuana deal," July 31 Eagle) As the same jury found him guilty of the underlying felony, this is a clear example of jury nullification. Jury nullification is when a jury disregards the law and acquits the defendant. This may be because they do not feel the law is just (think northerners and federal fugitive slave laws before 1861) or when they feel justice requires that the law not be applied on the facts of the case before them. The jury has this power of acquittal, even though our judges and prosecutors do not like it and so do everything they can to keep this knowledge secret. However, jury nullification is one of our most precious rights as it allows the people to protect each other from bad laws and unjust government without resorting to violence. September 5th is Jury Rights Day in honor of the brave jurors imprisoned after their acquittal of William Penn in London, England in 1670. Penn (who later founded Pennsylvania Colony) was on trial for holding an illegal Quaker church service in the street after being locked out of his church. The jurors were finally exonerated and freed, and this power was firmly established in English and American law. For more information on this important subject please visit the website of the Fully Informed Jury Association at FIJA.org . Steven A Rosile, Vice Chair, Libertarians of South Central Kansas Wichita, Kansas 5. Jesse Ventura may seek LP Presidential Nomination In what I consider to be possibly the most exciting thing to happen to the Libertarian Party in a long while, Jesse Ventura may be considering running for President in 2016 and he said on CNN Live Tonight (September 18) with Don Lemon that if he does he will seek the Libertarian Party nomination! I spotted Ventura on the screen while surfing through the talking heads channels and watched the interview already in progress. Lemon was asking about the possibility of Ventura running as Donald Trump's running mate to which Ventura responded that he would certainly consider it and that such a team up would certainly shake up the Republican Party. Then Lemon asked if Ventura had any presidential aspirations of his own. Ventura replied that he had not considered it but who knows what might happen tomorrow. Then he went on to say that if he did decide to run he would not join the crowded Republican field but would instead seek the Libertarian Party nomination next June at their (our) Convention. He also then stated that any others thinking of running for president should seriously consider the Libertarian Party, that they (we) are basically on the ballot in all 50 states and so their nominee will be on the ballot without having to waste so much money, time and energy just getting on the ballot before the campaign can even begin. Even if Ventura decides not to run, he just gave the Libertarian Party a huge plug on national television! In my opinion the LP should immediately launch a Draft Jesse Ventura movement to capitalize on this. . I would like for you to be able to see this interview for yourself so I checked the net for a link to the Ventura interview. I found several links to what purported to the full interview, a 5 minute 18 second version and a 7 minute 20 second version. Neither version (found on multiple sites) included Ventura's remarks about seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. They did include his mention of the fact that if the GOP ticket was Trump and Ventura that libertarian and independent voters would flock to their candidacy and vote for them in droves. This is just another of so many examples of media bias against our party. I was fortunate to have seen this interview as it was broadcast live on CNN. I may not have ever become aware of this otherwise. I am also fortunate that I was so taken by this that I immediately wrote down a note describing what, who, when and where this occurred. It was broadcast at around 9:30 PM CDT, September 18th on CNN Live Tonight with Don Lemon hosting. There may be a complete interview on the net somewhere. If you find a link to it please send it to me so I can share it with everyone. Thank you. For Liberty, Steven A. Rosile Editor, LSOCK NEWS

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Re: [Lnc-business] [Lnc-asc] Operational Affiliates
by Guy McLendon 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

A task at hand is to finalize our list of questions for the coming annual ASC report. Wes Benedict’s request for information is attached: I’ve included two of this three questions so far in attached file “2015 Poll”. There was discussion about LNC already having records on whether we sent funds to that state: the new question on income is stated to exclude LNC donations. Regarding the proposed score card of affiliate strength … consider this: which of these proposed criteria should somehow go to the affiliate in the form of a question? Here’s my 2 cents: if we can easily get the answer without having to ask the question … we probably should not ask the question. For starters, items b, c and latter part of d should probably be completed by LNC based upon our own observations. We can dig up our own answers to question e without having to ask most affiliates: perhaps that can be a conditional question … asked only when we can’t find the data on their website. Operational affiliates in 48 states (out of 51 “states”). Defined as… a. Runs at least 2 candidates for non-partisan or partisan office every 2 year election cycle b. Has a REAL web site (not a Meetup Group or Blog) that is updated with news or meeting info at least once per month c. Has a Chair or Contact Person who responds to most inquires within 2 business days d. Place candidates on the ballot and attempt to maintain ballot access. e. The affiliate will provide the latest copy of their bylaws and constitution to the national office or post the same on their state website. In red, I think item a, and first half of item d should be summarized into one question: “How many candidates were on the ballot in the last 2 years – 2014 and 2015 – either partisan or nonpartisan?” Item d is really two items: the “place candidates on the ballot” would probably be better grouped with item a. On item d, rather than ask the affiliate about their ballot access efforts, I’m thinking that should be info we can obtain from Richard Winger or Bill Redpath. On item e, we should first find out if LNC stores such records, bylaws & constitution, anywhere. Do we? Let’s get the answer to that before we finalize a question. Before asking this question, we should do the work to look at their websites … if we can find the latest Bylaws without asking the question … then, we don’t need to ask. Prospective question: “Where can we get a copy of your state affiliate bylaws?” Thoughts anyone on the proposed 2015 Poll questions? Guy McLendon Cell 832-372-8131 Res 337-626-1012 From: lnc-asc [mailto:lnc-asc-bounces@hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Sarwark Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 12:00 AM To: Norm Olsen Cc: lnc-asc(a)hq.lp.org Subject: Re: [Lnc-asc] Operational Affiliates Norm, Thank you for doing the work on this. I'd be happy with any one or more of these metrics. It might be worth asking the affiliates which criteria they would like to be judged on and go with whatever gets consensus or at least a plurality. In a perfect world, I'd like to know the answers for all three metrics, regardless of which is used to report up to the goal. -Nick On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Norm Olsen <region1rep(a)donedad.com> wrote: At the July LNC meeting, we were charged with devising three possible definitions for “Operational Affiliate” as pertains to the goals set for this LNC. Here are some proposals for your consideration. Note that care must be taken to avoid evaluations based on criteria that are not valid in all 50+1 states (e.g. voter registrations). First, from the minutes of the November, 2010 LNC meeting in New Orleans (PDF page 16, printed page 15): Operational affiliates in 48 states (out of 51 “states”). Defined as… a. Runs at least 2 candidates for non-partisan or partisan office every 2 year election cycle b. Has a REAL web site (not a Meetup Group or Blog) that is updated with news or meeting info at least once per month c. Has a Chair or Contact Person who responds to most inquires within 2 business days d. Place candidates on the ballot and attempt to maintain ballot access. e. The affiliate will provide the latest copy of their bylaws and constitution to the national office or post the same on their state website. Second, from a proposal I made about 2 years ago for grading affiliates, adjusted to be similar to Guy’s metric used in last year’s ASC Affiliate survey report: Affiliates are graded based on annual cash flow per 10,000 registered voters in the state and the following table: Grade Annual Cash Flow / 10,000 Reg Voter Description A ≥ $500.00 Self Sustaining B >= $100.00 < $500.00 Growing C >= $50.00 < $100.00 Stable D >= $5.00 < $50.00 Struggling F < $5.00 Dormant An affiliate could be considered operational if they are at the ‘D’ level. The definition of annual cash flow to be all cash receipts in the affiliate’s last fiscal year the disposition of which is under the direct control of the affiliate’s governing board. Thus, for example, should the affiliate collect contributions for national membership, that cash is no included in the definition of cash flow for the purpose of this grading system. Registered voters to include active and inactive to be uniform over all states (as some do not distinguish between the two). This grading system was designed in such a manner as it would work for all affiliates at all levels: national, state, county, municipal, etc. regardless of voter law variations. The numbers are, of course, rather arbitrary and subject to modification. If you’re wondering: There are approximately 142,000,000 registered voters in the US and the LNC cash flow is roughly $1,200,000. Thus, using the arbitrary numbers assigned above, the national organization would be rated “C / Stable“. Affiliate’s are sometimes reluctant to release cash flow information, although one would think this to be public information, at least for its membership. However, this remains a drawback for this approach. Third, I would propose something along the line given above, but use total votes received in a partisan elections in the last election cycle. Last election cycle gets tricky, but is still probably doable. The total vote would be the sum of all voters cast for a candidate on the ballot with Libertarian following their name. A table similar to the above could be used for grading purposes. An affiliate could be deemed “operational” if the total number of votes is, say, greater than some arbitrary number; how about 500. This sort of implies that an affiliate is “operational” if they have/obtain ballot access and put at least one candidate on the ballot. OK, these are three proposals; simply proposals. A place to start. Perhaps others have ideas which they can share before the next meeting. Note that the next meeting could/should be a busy one. We need to get the 2015 survey started and other item I would still like to get resolved are an understanding about the relationship between the LSLA and the LNC. Alternatively, what can affiliates expect from the LNC and what can the LNC expect from the affiliates. Norm -- Norman T Olsen Regional Representative, Region 1 Libertarian National Committee 7931 South Broadway, PMB 102 Littleton, CO 80122-2710 303-263-4995

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